Wayfair

• Solid Pay
• Many awesome co-workers
• Opportunity to learn modern technology
• Learn the game of business-culture

Layoffs obviously impact morale considerably. There was also a huge range of managers. A couple, frankly, did almost nothing beyond attending their required meetings and then made determinations about performance without doing any due diligence.

I think that the political aspect of working shouldn't be half-hidden; it should actually be worked into onboarding. It actually behooves you to prioritize key relationship building, even over, perhaps, technical knowledge accumulation.

As a software engineer in his first role, my head was, at times, too into the code and the documentation, when I should have been working to connect with others and see how we can leverage cross-functional opportunities to make more money for the company and have a bigger impact.